Join us for the STEAM Café this month! June’s STEAM talk, “SURF: 2035 and Beyond”, will be presented by Mike Headley, executive director of the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA) and the laboratory director at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF). 

SURF in Lead is at the forefront of research in physics, geology, biology, engineering, and more. Mike Headley, executive director of SDSTA and the laboratory director at SURF, will discuss the latest developments and look to SURF’s future with an ongoing expansion effort that will pave the way for underground science for decades to come. He will also touch on the newly formed Institute for Underground Science at SURF, the effort to foster multidisciplinary collaboration with partnerships at South Dakota Mines and universities around the world, and outline SURF’s robust education and outreach program in an ongoing effort to inspire the next generation to take up careers in STEM and related fields.